Juxtlahuaca

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A town in Oaxaca, Mexico.
  2. A municipality of Oaxaca, Mexico.
  3. A district of Oaxaca, Mexico.
  4. An archeological site in Oaxaca, Mexico.

Word forms

Juxtlahuaca

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Juxtlahuaca, from a Nahuan language (equivalent to Classical Nahuatl xiuh- (“year”) + ixtlāhuacan (“plain”)), calqued from a Mixtec language (equivalent to Proto-Mixtec *yosoʔ (“plain”) + *kʷìyà (“year”)).

Synonyms

Santiago Juxtlahuaca Grutas de Juxtlahuaca
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